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BnUv«di %t tbft postoffic* at Msxia, T«u > a
diss mail matter under act of U*kk S> 1W#.
as Mcond
Dust Bowl Comeback
It i <#m:uuraipiiK to le&rn that iu some
parts of tfct awitjwwstern "dust bowl," e£-
fe tiv« steps tor conservation of the soil are
b«"iag taken.
Fcom soul/Utaatern Colorado, for in-
stance, comes news that the once-fertile ac-
res of that section are slowly but effec-
tively being reclaimed from the ravages of
drouth and dusk—and through the tntjdiurg
of the formerly cursed Riwsiaa thistle, oi ajl
things!
These thistles spread over the dry, wind
ravaged ground. They help to hold it in
place while buffalo grasn gets a start, and
protect the young grass from sun and wind.
Then, when the grass gets enough of a start
it kills off the thistles—and the land is an-
chored once more, its fine topsoil held down
by a mat of protective sod.
The "dust bpwl", apparently, w«.s not
damaged so irreparably as we once feared.
Deep Current of Resentment over
Alleged Efforts of Brussels Nine
Power Meet Blame U.S. for Conflict
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 <U.PJ —
currants of r« «uttaent over
*He$ed efforts of the Brussels
Bine-power conference to blatne the
United States for the Far Eastern
amis and intense feeling aver
whether thus yovernment should
aid China against Japan swept
through congress Fr'day.
Reports that the Briti h govorn-
ment has approved huge arms ship-
ment* to China in accordance with
nn ''arm China*" movement emanat-
ing in certain European chancel-
lories last week, caused alarm in
official quarters. /
Defense of President Roosevelt's
foreign policy was mingled with
criticism of his failure to invoke
the neutrality law and demands on
the state department ofr explana-
tion of activities of certain Ameri-
can statesmen in Europe to feature
an outherwise dull day congress.
Highlights included:
X. Sen. Key Pittman, D., Nev.,
chairman of the fofeing relations
committee, said he was "rather dis-
couraged" over outcome of the
nme-power conference and defend-
ed the neutrality law as amply e-
quipped to keep the United States
out of the Sino-Japane*a war.
2. Sen. J- Hamilton Lawis, D.,
JJJ„ declared President Roosevelt
«feould investigate conduitipns sur-
rounding the Brussels conference
and withdraw representation if ad-
visable: Earlier, Lewis joined with
Sfn. Arthur Vandenberg, R., Mich.,
in demanding an explanation of the
presence In Poland of American
Ambassador William C. Bluitt who
reportedly went there to caution
the Warsaw government against
joining the lUJo-K.qnnw-Japanese
anti-Communist pact.
3. The state desai't> e t dUj&cdl)-
ed this report as "utterly ridicu-
lous" and said Bluitt had. gone to
Poland to visit "his old friend"
American Ambassador Anthony
Drexel Biddle.
4. Rep- David J. I.ewiS, D., Md.,
introduced a joint resolution au-
thorizing' the president to embargo
munitions and other *ar materials,
except foodstuffs, to Japan and to
join other nations in economic pres-
sure to shorten the Chinese- Japa-
nese war.
"it is. unfortunate that «acfa of
the governments party to the trea-
ty cannot take the same action, not
as an alliance, but with each gov-
ernment taking >ta own individual
responsibility,
"The United State?, "forking a
protest at this time would be a fer-
tile act and to go no fyrthee than
the United Stales can go under the
neutrality also weald be Intile.
"The neutrality was never in-
tended as a repressive measure, tt
was solely intended to. be used for
the protection of the United States
agamst becoming involved in a for-
eign war. So far there has been no
danger of the United State* becom-
ing involved in the Sino-Japanese^
war, none of <mr ship# or cargoes
has been interieted with.
Ancmt Silver
Mine Said Hold
Large Fortune
LOCKHART, Texas Nov. 19 <U.PJ
—Deep in the sandhills in the
Southeasten part of Caldwell coun-
ty, Texas, only a few miles from
where roughnecks climb steel der-
ricks and search for liquid gold,
lies the crumbling shaft anil wea-
thgrbeaten furnace-smelter, of an
ol dsilver mine. The odl furnace, in-
cluding the ppt, is constructed of
native stone and is said to be a
masterpiece of njqsonry.
Hard by thess ruins in a hidden
reset w there is said to be biiried a
fortune in silver bij.rs. ftlany teles
Hie told of those who spent their
lives protesting and searching for
the rifilres. Thp most likely "is one
tpld by Harvey King, Caldwell
i;ounty farmw-
Thg tsJe concerns King's uncle,
the late A. S. Lowry, former Texas
ttanger in the border country. "In
1875 a Mexican boy was killed and
the murderer escaped across the
Rio Grande into Old Mexico," King
relates. "The dead boy's father
came to my uncle and told him that
he would make him a rich man if
he would capture the felon.
'My uncle thought that the old
man's talk was merely a father's
promise to gain vengeance on the
flayer of his son. However, a few-
weeks later the murderer was lured
across the river to a Dies Y. Seis
(September 16) celebration and
captured.
"After the murderer had been
[tried and given a life sentence in
the penitentiary, the old man came
to my uncle and presented him
with a crudely drawn map of the
old mine with an "X" marking the
spot where the treasure was sup-
posed to be buried."
BThe old man is supposed to have
|told Ranger Lowry that in 1825 as
a boy of 14 he was with a company
of Mexican men and woinen who
dug the shaft and erected the smel-
ter now in ruins. The shaft, the re-
mains of which may now be seen,
showed very little signs of silver,
but there was a trace of conpM.
This s^aft was abandoned and
the party sank another on nearby
[hilltop where a rich vein of silver
was found.
"The old man told my uncle that
Indians raided the Mexican camp
4? bars of silver had been
mined, smelted and molded," King
said. "The Mexicans fearing they
would be Tobbed, hid the bars in the
[hilltop, shaft and covered it up.
Not the Tra« Me, Says Connie
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Is this a "true portrait" of Constance Bennett, beautiful blond
movie star? You can be an unofficial Judge in Hollywood court
action over the above p-Jnting. Artist Willy Pogany, who created
it, is demanding Constance pay $3500 for her soul, ber spirit and
her aura as done In oils. But practical Connie says maybe her
soul Is there, but she can't see her eyes, ber mouth, or even her
hands in Pogany's work. Connie has refused to accept the portrait
Tbut night raiding Indians killed
all the party except the man who
gave the map to my uncle."
King sjtid his uncle later offered
to give him half interest if he
would help find the lost treasure.
The uncle died before the search
was started.
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NOT TO LEAVE
When questioned Saturday in
regard to rumors of his leaving
Mexia. R. L. Maddox said he had
no intention of leaving here. "I
might have' to leave but until
then I am going to stick around"
Maddox asserted.
SAN FRANCI5CO, Nov. 20 <U.R)
—Mrs. Dorothy Barry Sanchez tes-
tified that on her wedding night
her husband walked out, explaining
he had a date with another girl.
When he came back a week later
he tqld her he liked marriage fine,
because he could tell "all my other
girls I cant' marry them." She was
awarded a divorce.
Sheriff Admits
Let Wanted Men
: Slip Out Stands
CLARK S. P., Nov. 20., CU.PJ-
Iheriff James Foy admitted to-
night that unwittingly he had Ut
slip from his fingers two men who
answered "perfectly" description!
of Jacob Shapiro and Louis Bu«h-
halttr, wanted in New York on
jfacheteering charges.
He said he released the pair
four days ago on ?30 hond after
tjieir arrest on charger, of solicit-
ing magazine subscriptions with-
out a license. They failftd to ap-
pear Nov. 18, date of their he r-
jjiff, * I the bond was forfeited.
{ Mtf > and Buchalter are
Vr. B by the Federal govern-
*ieii. and special rackets prosecu-
tor Thomas E. Dewey In New
York City on charges that they
jjrew $1,000,000 annually in the
|u* industry racket.
YOUNG8TOWN, Q., Nov. 24,-
(UP)—Edward Keely, of New
Castla, Pa., who left his keys in
''another coat" spent several
fcoitfs in jail here because mech-
ames ha called to cross the ig-
nition on his automobile phoned
police and he could not produce
his registration card.
Bees, while gathering ingredi-
ents for one pound of honey, fly
a total distance equal to several
trips around the earth.
The snake-necked terrapin has
a neck longer than the rest of
its body. Only hy looping the
neck sideways can it be with-
drawn under the shfll.
Farmers Borrow
Fifth of What
Had Past Years
Sale
I
London, Kngland gets much of
Hs watir supply from artesian
wells, since there is a gnat sup-
ply of water, under pressurs, (100
feet below the city.
Skylarks hsv bssn introduced
into America on several occasion*,
without sueoens.
The sand smelt has a telesco-
pic mouth; whsn the fish aproach-
es its prey the mouth shoots out
and snsp« it up.
FAIRFIELD, Nov. *4 <Rp) ~
Farmers formerly on reliaf are be-
ing rehabilitated by the Farm Se-
curity Administration are borrow-
ing otoly 20 per cent as much this
year as when taken into the pro-
gram several years ago, it was re-
ported here todto. the district
conference, of Farm Security and
Extension Serv^e workers. Loans
for purchase of mules and equip-
ment that were made to run for
thrae years are heiflg repaid the
first year by a l« ge percent of the
borowws in so« e counties .espec-
ially ip West Texas, it was stated
by L. W. Capplewan, loan officer
for the PSA. He was one of severe'
speakers ty describe progress being
made «« a result of "live-at-hom*"
methods required of all FSA bor-
powers. In those W>s where loans
are still Iftrge and repayments
small, Cappiemnn said, it is almost
always found that the local super-
visors have b«ep m ble to initiate
the desired live-at-home activities.
The meeting was attended by about
on hyndred FSA and Extension
Service workers, who were joined
for a noon luncheon by Fairfield
business men.
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There are some ?0,0Q0 varieties
of tlie class Pisces, or true fl?h,
known to mankind. This class is
the largest group of vertebrates
and also the class with the greatest
structure diversity.
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The Magnolia Filling Station on
the corner of Commerce and Belk-
nap street)) is doing some repair
work on their drivj.
... ' " of LADIES
Coats
Dresses
Suits
Shoes
$22.50 Coats for .$1735
$18.50 Coats for $14.50
$18.50 Suits for .........$12.50
$12.95 Suits for $7.95
$8.95 Dresses for ........$5.95
$3.95 Shoes for '...$2j98
$2D8 Shoes for $2.00
—Price Talkp!—
Louis Altman
Groesbeck Loses
to Ferris Club
FERRIS, Texas, Nov. 20—Ferris
High School's gridders defeated
the Groesbeck Goats hero Friday
afternoon 19 to 6. Ferris accounted
for twelve-first downs, while Groes
beck made seven.
Westbrook scored twice for Fer-
ris while Wade score the other
touchdown and booted the lone ex-
tra point. Wilson tallied for the
Goats.
Cobbler Given
Assurance Can
Remain in U. S.
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 20, (y,R)~
Hollywood cobbler ^ho oncq
Nicholas Bogc,moletz, graying
a general of the Czar, today re-
ceived the assurance of immigra-
tion officials that he would not
be deported even ttyugh his
American citizenship had been
canccll<J<J.
Prosppcts th&t the 6fl-yc«tr-old
Rusian ^opld bo dijported faded
when inspectors saifl he would
he a 11 ■ ■ l to rornain qs. long
as he "conducted himself proper-
ly."
It was on charges of moral
terpitude that he was stripped
of his citizenship r^nk yesterday
by Federal Judge Paul J, Mc-
cormick who held ho had for-
feited his rights by living with a
\yoman who was not his wife.
Anna Zaporojachuk, while admit-
ting that she bore him a daugh-
ter, testified that their relations
ceased when tljey came to Ameri-
ca 15 years ago.
Immigration officials said lack
of understanding between the
United States and Soviet Rusia
as to the handling of undesirables
precluded the possibility of Bo-
gomoletz being deported to his
native land where friends believ-
ed almost certain death would
await him.
Miss Zaporojachuk, a nurs.e,
smiled happily when she learned
tho good news. She said there wqs
no chance of them being married.
"The reasons are personal,"
she explained.
U—.—^
Although there were reports of
skylarks on Long Island as !4t?
as 1947 the species is now extinci,,
in America, so far ^s is known.
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jackson,
Jr., and daughter, Martha Je^n, of
Corpus Christi were the week end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben W.
Jackson. Mr. Jackson who is with
the Schumberger Company has
been transferred to Houston where
they will make their home.
V
Chevrolet and Ford
Parts
at Mail Order Prices
Batteries hp from $3.95
MEXIA BATTERY & TIRE CO.
WUNSTOP DUZZIT
WMMIHMWMMaW
Auto Plunges in
Creek; Two Killed
McKINNEY, Tex., Nov. 20,—
UP)-- R. V. Dixon, of Ada Okla.,
^nd( G. D. Nalley of Wewoka,
Okla., were killed near here late
today when the rar in which they
were rifling struck the guard on
the bridge over the East Fork
Creek and plunged into the stream
3p feet below.
Tom B. Moore of Wewoka and
T. W. White of Holdenville, Okla.
who also were in the car, were
seriously injured.
Tho automobile caught fire as
it hurtled into the creek, and in
spite of the water flowing around
it part of the machine still was
blazing when members of the Mc-
:r~ —r:—
Kinney volunteer fire dt'partnuftt •
arrived.
Peg Leg Into Reverse
DALLAS, Nov. 24, (UP)—p
£. H dgecock, of Dallas was taken
to an emergency hospital after
his car hit a telephone pole. I)r
Gus Schrieber.g was startled M
see his leg turned around, the
toes facing backward. But Herge-
cock w^n't worried, it Was
vyopden leg,
"Junk Hopes" Shipped East
JjlL PASO, Nov. 24, (UP)-
Two million pounds of "junk
hones"—skeletons' of cattle from
the drouth-stricken areas of Mex-
ico—have been shipped t'nroftgli
El Paso since Jan. i, to easten
markets where the product 1®
used for fertilizer and chemicals.
We Buy
CORN
See us for Prices on >
SHELL OR EAR CORN f*
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Patrick Flour
& Feed Co.
401 EAST COMMERCE ST. MEXIA, TEXAS
Sponges rank jn sjje from
speck the six* of * pen hesd to
giant growths taller than a man.
The vulture has exceptionally
keen eyesight. High in the air,
its soars noiselessly, scanning the
earth below for carrion.
In the Wieliczka salt mines at
Cracow, Poland, art altars, shrines,
and statutes made of salt.
All the flower gardens in one Of the children of school.leav-
•f our isrge cities would not ing sge in England, less than 4"
mnintain more than • few itosen per cent, go on to attend evening
]m celoniiw. istljpola.
ATTENTION, FARMERS!
AH leather collars 10% off. Sizes from
16 to 20, priced from $3.38 to $5.50. Take
advantage of this saving now!
16-in. Hame Straps, 2 for 35c
Lone Star Hames, pair $145
Collar Pads each 50c
7l/j foot Trace Chains, pair .... $1.1 -®>
Kelly Perfect Double Bit Axes... .$2.75
Crown Double Bit Axes $2.25
Come in today and let us save you
money!
J. I. Riddle & Co.
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Take Warning
Folks
You are not being conservative tjy let-
ting your clothes lay around pIRTY. It
rots them and shortens the life pf your
clothes.
BRING THEM TO US AND HAVE
THEM CLEANED AND PRESSED.
They'll wear longer and retain thejr
shape Bring the Old Hat Along.
R. L. Maddox
—Two Shops to Serve You—
CHRISTMAS
SALE
NOV. 26 TO DEC. 24
Unusual Savings on All Lines
of Merchandise
Radios
Bicycles
Wheel Toys
Roller Skates
Wrist Watches
Alarm Clocks
Electric
Appliances
Safety Driving
Lamps
Hot Water Heater for the Car
Junior Standard DeLuxe $9.95
$3.95 $5.49 $7.65 Master
A 3-way heater
—1 1" ■
Big Electric Micro Horp 77c
Flash Lights .. Bulbs and Bakeries
Free during tliis sale.
ELECTRIC D^FftOSTEPS
19c to $1.79
Western Auto Associate
Home Owned and Operated by C. H. Molony
WWH WJg. «MI
We Feature and Recommend
Norwich tine J
Russian Mineral Oil, pt . 65c'
Milk Magnesia, 8 oz. ...,. 25c
Milk Magnesia, pint j 50dJ
Z L Antiseptic, 6 oz •••••< 25c
Z L Antiseptic, pint ,50c,
Noral Agar, pint 85c
Noral Sylum, pint ./.• 89c
100 Aspirin Tablets . 47c
Respanol for Coughs 50c
Many Other Norwich Items
41lP Anything in Allan Line
Schuiz Drug Co. f
$5 Years in Mex&
WPATHEftMAN PREDICTS
ANOTHER
Better Order a
Load of Gooy
Coal
Today
Phone 61—Now!
We Deliver Promptly
PHILLIPS ICE & COAL CO.
200 West Palestine St., Me;vi;i, Tcxrs i
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 26, 1937, newspaper, November 26, 1937; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299531/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.